42. The representative from EUROMOT introduced GRPE-86-06 updating GRPE on the inclusion of hydrogen as a fuel in UN Regulation No. 96. The Chair asked about the scope difference in UN Regulation No. 96 versus the European legislation, and if GRPE should attempt to harmonize the scope in both regulatory frameworks. The representative from EUROMOT did not see it feasible to include inland waterways into the 58 Agreement given its title on “wheeled vehicles” and clarified its intention in GRPE-86-06 was to acknowledge the scope difference, not to attempt to harmonize it.

43. The representative from the Netherlands sought clarifications about a similar validation test campaign being planned for non-road mobile machinery as the one planned for on-road heavy duty vehicles for the use of hydrogen in internal combustion engines (see para. ‎39). The representative from EC stated their willingness to hold bilateral discussions with EUROMOT to find the best way forward to include non-road vehicles into the validation test campaign, if possible.

Presentation of EUROMOT concerns regarding activities detrimental to the objectives of emissions-reduction legislation, including:

• design & sale of so-called ‘ad-blue emulators’ or other electronic devices that effectively turn-off NOx reduction systems,</li<>
• entities offering ECU reprogramming services to turn-off NOx reduction systems or diagnostics or increase engine performance, and
• entities offering after-treatment removal services.

34. The expert from EUROMOT introduced GRPE-76-07 and expressed the concern of his organization on tampering of NRMM after treatment and ECUs by legal persons. EUROMOT informed the GRPE that they would support activities from Contracting Parties to address these concerns. GRPE noted EUROMOT’s concern and agreed on potential follow-ups, noting the efforts required from manufacturers due to anti-tampering provisions in the relevant UN Regulations.

In line with the need to update UN R96 in response to the new EU Stage V NRMM regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 would impact UN R132. Therefore, EUROMOT recommends updating UN R132 in parallel with UN R96 and UN R120. In particular, EUROMOT proposes establishing a specific annex to UN R132 in light of the similar stringencies of EURO VI heavy duty emissions requirements and those of NRMM Stage V that would specify all the necessary additional requirements for Stage V (in a manner similar to the existing Annex 12 for emission levels equivalent to the 06 series of amendments of UN R49).

The objective of this document is to provide recommendations for the minimum quality of market fuels (i.e. gasoline and diesel) that should be introduced concurrently with the corresponding emissions standards. They complement the motor vehicle and NRMM pollutant emission standards that a country or a region may be considering to introduce.

46. GRPE agreed to consider ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2015/9 at its June 2015 session.

60. The expert from OICA introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2015/9 proposing amendments to the recommendations on market fuel quality in R.E.3. She presented
GRPE-71-04-Rev.1 clarifying that these recommendations would not impose any obligation to the Contracting Parties to the 1958 Agreement.

61. On behalf of IPIECA and CONCAWE, the expert from CONCAWE presented GRPE-71-16 with some remarks on the proposed amendments to the recommendations on market fuel quality. She expressed the opinion that these draft amendments were unnecessary since current recommendations were already sufficient to provide information on those fuel properties that had been implicated in irreversible changes in some types of vehicle emission control technologies. She underlined that R.E.3 was not suitable for this purpose. She referred to other forums devoted to fuels issues, such as the United Nations Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicle, as a more appropriate forum. She volunteered to discuss bilaterally with the industry some specific issues of the draft amendments.

62. The Contracting Parties to the 1958 Agreement endorsed ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2015/9 as amended by Annex VI of this report and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 for further consideration at its November 2015 session.

Proposal to enable Contracting Parties to continue to issue type approvals for agricultural tractor and non-road mobile machinery engines according to earlier versions of the Regulation provided such engines are destined for sale in countries that apply the earlier versions. In other words, a manufacturer would be able to obtain approvals in its home country based upon previous sets of requirements that may not be those applied within the home country (but are used in other markets).

23. The expert from EUROMOT introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRPE/2014/15, a proposal to amend UN Regulation No. 96 aimed at allowing the engine manufacturers to obtain approvals also from Contracting Parties that apply more recent series of amendments, for engines that need to be marketed in countries applying previous series of amendments. He clarified that this proposal was harmonized with the provisions of UN Regulation No. 49.

24. GRPE adopted this proposal not amended and requested the secretariat to submit it to WP.29 and AC.1, for consideration at their November 2014 sessions as Supplement 1 to the 04 series of amendments to Regulation No. 96.

Revised recommendations by AECC, CLEPA, EUROMOT, and OICA, pursuant to discussions during the GRPE-68 session, for minimum quality attributes of market fuels (i.e. gasoline and diesel) to be introduced “in parallel, and at the same time, to complement the level of motor vehicle and non-road mobile machinery pollutant emission standards that a country or region may be considering to introduce”.

60. On behalf of AECC, CLEPA, EUROMOT and OICA, the expert from OICA introduced GRPE-68-16-Rev.1, containing recommendations, for inclusion in the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3) and Special Resolution No. 1 concerning the common definitions of vehicle categories, masses and dimensions (S.R.1) on the minimum quality of gasoline and diesel fuels that are expected to be introduced contextually with increasingly stringent limits of motor vehicle and non-road mobile machinery pollutant emissions. He recalled that the recommendations includes several annexes on the emission levels allowed by different series of amendments to UN Regulations, the correspondence with European emission standards, and the explanation of the importance of the parameters introduced in the recommendations with respect to pollutant emission reduction strategies. He concluded by expressing the willingness of AECC, CLEPA, EUROMOT and OICA to discuss the recommendation with other stakeholders.

61. The expert from Italy expressed his support for this proposal and requested to maintain the subject on the GRPE agenda. The expert from the USA expressed his support for the consideration of vehicles and fuels as a system when looking at strategies for the reduction of pollutant emissions. Both the experts from Italy and the USA expressed the need to involve other stakeholders in the discussion.

62. GRPE invited all stakeholders to contribute to assure progress on this topic. The expert from OICA welcomed this decision. GRPE also welcomed the proposal of the expert from Sweden to present the activities of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), a global effort to treat short-lived climate pollutants such as black carbon, methane and many hydrofluorocarbons to protect human health and the environment in the next GRPE session.

38. The expert from OICA recalled the purpose of GRPE-68-16-Rev.1. She reported on ongoing discussions and an update at GRPE at its January 2015 session.

Recommendations by AECC, CLEPA, EUROMOT, and OICA for minimum quality attributes of market fuels (i.e. gasoline and diesel) to be introduced “in parallel, and at the same time, to complement the level of motor vehicle and non-road mobile machinery pollutant emission standards that a country or region may be considering to introduce”.

Proposal to enable continued type approval of engines meeting earlier versions of UN R96 provided that the engines in question are intended for markets applying such levels earlier of regulatory stringency.

41. The expert from EUROMOT introduced GRPE-68-09, containing a proposal to amend UN Regulation No. 96. This aims to allow the engine manufacturers to obtain approvals, even in Contracting Parties that apply more recent series of amendments, for engines that need to be marketed in Contracting Parties applying previous series of amendments. He clarified that this is in line with the provisions of UN Regulation No. 49.

42. The experts from Italy and the United Kingdom supported the proposal.

43. GRPE requested the secretariat to distribute GRPE-68-09 as an official document for consideration at the GRPE session of June 2014.

21. EUROMOT (Paul Williams) presented some principles for NRMM PMP program. He briefly introduced EUROMOT as a new stakeholder to PMP. Essentially there are 40 member companies; in simple terms this covers a vast array of engines including everything which moves without a licence plate and everything which generates heat and power.

Report from UNECE/GRPE-64 and EU/TCMV meetings
The chairman said that most members had been present at the June meetings in Geneva and so were aware of the details. He reported that the EU position had been discussed at a meeting of TCMV and it was agreed that the 2-level approach should be maintained.

Report from REC editorial meeting held on 21 August 2012 in Brussels
There has been one meeting of the editorial group since the Geneva meetings and the minutes have been loaded to the group website as REC-12-08. There was some confusion of document references since the REC-12 meeting report was also posted as REC-12-08. Therefore, we (GAR) have posted the editorial meeting report as document REC-12-10.

OICA and Euromot response to the informal group on REC request to submit a proposal on NOx control measures based on the Euro VI and Nonroad Stage IV NOx control provisions.

10. The expert from the Netherlands, chairing the informal group on Retrofit Emission Control devices (REC), reported on the fruitful discussion of the group during its first meeting held in Geneva, on 7 June 2010. He presented the draft terms of reference and rules of procedures of the new informal group (GRPE-60-02-Rev.1). GRPE noted a number of study reservations. Following the discussion, GRPE adopted the revised term of references and rules of procedures (GRPE-60-02-Rev.2) of the informal group on REC as reproduced in Annex IV to this report. Detailed information is available on the GRPE website at: http://www.unece.org/trans/main/wp29/wp29wgs/wp29grpe/rec01.html.

11. GRPE noted the intention of the informal group on REC to convene again in Brussels, on 29 September 2010. The GRPE Chairman invited the REC group to also meet prior to the next session of GRPE (see para. 57 below).

12. Following the request by GRPE at its previous session, the expert from EUROMOT introduced GRPE-60-05 providing additional background information about the need to develop, under the 1958 Agreement, a new Regulation on retrofit emission control systems for engines used in non-road mobile machinery (NRMM) and agricultural tractors with respect to the emissions of pollutants, originally covered by Regulation No. 96.

13. GRPE welcomed that information and referred it to the informal group for a detailed consideration. The GRPE Chairman invited the informal group on REC to also meet prior to the next session of GRPE (see para. 57 below).
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57. For its sixty-first session to be held in Geneva, Palais des Nations, GRPE decided to start on Monday, 10 January 2011, at 10.00 a.m. until Friday, 14 January 2011, 5.30 p.m.,
subject to confirmation by the secretariat (see GRPE-61-01). For that purpose, the following time schedule and provisional agenda was suggested:
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1. Informal meeting of the GRPE working group on Retrofit Emission Control devices (REC)

To be held on Monday morning, 10 January 2011, from 10.00 a.m. till 12.30 p.m.

The agenda of the meeting will be prepared by the REC secretariat and distributed to the members of the group prior to the meeting. This meeting will be held without interpretation.

Annex IV

GRPE informal group on Retrofit Emission Control devices

A. Terms of reference

1. Name of the Group: Informal group on Retrofit Emissions Control devices (REC)

2. Scope

The scope will include the following:
(a) Regulation No. 49: Emissions of C.I., NG, and P.I. (LPG) engines,
(b) Regulation No. 96: Emissions of engines for tractors and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (NRMM),
© Regulation No. 103: Replacement catalytic converters,
(d) other topics dealing with REC that are addressed by the GRPE.

3. Tasks

Evaluate harmonized requirements for retrofit emission control devices with the aim to facilitate testing and type approval of such devices in the light of:
(a) the need for defined performance measures for such devices,
(b) the adoption of low emission zones in the territories of Contracting Parties,
© the need for uniform provisions applicable to vehicles engaged in cross-border transport,
(d) the market entry of new technologies.

The requirements will be performance oriented as far as possible.

This will include retrofit emissions control devices intended for fitment to:
(a) heavy duty vehicles equipped with engines type approved according to Regulation No. 49,
(b) NRMM and tractors with engines type approved according to Regulation No. 96.

Evaluate harmonized requirements for replacement catalytic converters of Regulation No. 103 in conjunction with the development of harmonized requirements for REC.

Develop a draft Regulation for REC to be installed on heavy duty vehicles and nonroad mobile machinery and tractors resulting from these evaluations and submit it for consideration by GRPE.

4. Organisation

Chairmanship: The Netherlands
Secretariat: AECC

B. Rules of procedures

1. Membership: Open to all government, industry and other parties affiliated with UNECE, with an interest in retrofitting of emissions control devices.

2. Meetings: Meetings will, whenever possible, be linked to the GRPE sessions. However, additional meetings, when necessary, can be organized in between these GRPE-linked meetings.

All working documents, agenda and reports will be posted on the GRPE website.

The working language of the informal group will be English.

3. Duration: 2 years: June 2010 to June 2012.

4. Priorities: The group will start its work with the review of retrofit requirements for control of particulate emissions from heavy duty vehicles, categories M and N and equivalent requirements for other applications such as NRMM and tractors.

The group will in parallel review the potential to develop requirements for systems which control NOx emissions.

Proposal for Regulation for retrofit after-treatment systems for engines used in non-road mobile machinery and agricultural tractors with respect to the emissions of pollutants

47. The expert from EUROMOT introduced GRPE-59-09 proposing to develop under the 1958 Agreement a new Regulation on retrofit aftertreatment systems for engines used in NRMM and agricultural tractors with respect to the emissions of pollutants. GRPE welcomed in principle the proposal, but noted a study reservation by Italy regarding safety risks of such systems. The expert from EUROMOT volunteered to prepare for the next session of GRPE a more detailed document on the scope of the proposal.

48. The expert from the Netherlands presented a similar proposal to set up a test procedure for retrofit particulate traps (GRPE-59-20) of heavy duty vehicles. GRPE noted a number of comments supporting the initiative, but also the need to consider different emissions levels.

49. Following the discussion, GRPE agreed to establish, under the chairmanship of Mr. Barbé from the Netherlands, an informal group on Retrofit Emission Control devices (REC) dealing with both aftertreatment systems and diesel particulate filters intended to be fitted as retrofit systems on heavy duty vehicles and NRMM. In this respect, the GRPE Chairman expressed his intention to seek the consent of WP.29 at its March 2010 session. He invited the experts from the Netherlands, EUROMOT and OICA to prepare for the next GRPE session a proposal for the terms of reference and rules of procedures of the informal group. The expert from AECC volunteered to provide the secretariat servicing of the new informal group.